Toge Productions CEO Kris Antoni on the Company's Present and Future
The interview offers a rare look at how an Indonesian indie studio built a global audience through emotionally resonant ADV games and is now expanding into survival horror and tactical genres.
Reporting from 1 sources: Game Spark.
At BitSummit PUNCH, Toge Productions CEO Kris Antoni discussed the origin of the company name, the success of ADV games like Coffee Talk and A Space for the Unbound, the development of Coffee Talk Tokyo under Chorus Worldwide, and the spiritual successor status of Whisper Mountain Outbreak.
The company name "Toge" means "bean sprouts" in Indonesian, a name born from an inside joke among friends after Kris Antoni graduated from university. He noted it also sounds like the Japanese word for "thorn," giving it multiple meanings.
On the success of ADV games like Coffee Talk and A Space for the Unbound, Kris said there is no clear answer but pointed to timing: Coffee Talk was created during the pandemic when people felt isolated and wanted connection. A Space for the Unbound deals with universal themes like school bullying and family issues.
Regarding Coffee Talk Tokyo, Kris said reception has been very positive. Chorus Worldwide handled development while Toge Productions supervised as IP holder, focusing on preserving the "atmosphere" built by original director Mohammad Fahmi. Kris hopes to expand the Coffee Talk universe further.
Whisper Mountain Outbreak, currently in early access, is not an official sequel to Infectonator but a spiritual successor inheriting the same zombie apocalypse DNA. Kris cited his love of zombie movies and Resident Evil as inspiration.
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